communicable disease
noun
Note: The terms communicable disease and contagious disease are often used interchangeably. However, communicable diseases such as malaria or schistosomiasis that are spread by contact with disease vectors are not typically considered to be "contagious" diseases since they cannot be spread from direct contact with another person.
Examples of communicable disease in a Sentence
Shelby Stewart, Essence, 22 May 2024
The idea was that nurses placed in primary schools could help treat and prevent communicable diseases so that children could stay in school and receive an education.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
The West Facility, which opened in 1991, is designated for prisoners with communicable diseases, but also houses detainees separate from those who are sick.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
Through the use of state registries to maintain records, facilitate vaccine compliance, and identify at-risk unvaccinated students during disease outbreaks, school nurses were and are at the very heart of this progress in communicable disease prevention.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
These online communities were thriving long before the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw an explosion of false claims about vaccines, communicable diseases and even basic medical science.
—David Klepper, Fortune Well, 31 Jan. 2024
The policy allowed Border Patrol to expel immigrants without issuing asylum hearing dates due to concerns over communicable diseases.
—Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner, 15 May 2023
The last step is a medical check to ensure refugees will not spread a communicable disease.
—Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 17 Oct. 2023
For periods of the 20th century, the health priorities of successive governing bodies appeared focused more on reducing the spread of communicable disease to protect foreigners interacting with the native Palestinian population.
—Yara M. Asi, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2023
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“Communicable disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communicable%20disease. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.
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